Travel – South Africa

Isn’t it funny how nobody who does family research ever traces themselves back to Godfrey, son of Godfrey, mediaeval street-sweeper extraordinaire? Oh no, it’s always “King Henry VIII was my third cousin’s nephew, twice removed!” or “We can trace our family all the way back to Copernicus” or similar. You’d swear that the poor and […]

Some people have addictive personalities. They take one tentative drag on a cigarette and within a week or two they have a 40-a-day habit. Or they take up jogging to lose a little weight and a year later they are doing the Comrades Marathon. Or they routinely spend their kids’ lunch money on their […]